Table 2

Mean (95% CI) health care resource utilization and costs according to Registered Indian and diabetes status


Diabetes Cases Mean (95% CI)
Controls Mean (95% CI)


Registered Indians
General Population
Registered Indians
General Population

Average Number of Physician Visits




     Crude
17.3 (16.7 – 17.8)
14.6 (14.4 – 14.7)
6.8 (6.6 – 7.0)
6.4 (6.3 – 6.4)
     Age-Standardized
15.0 (14.8 – 15.1)
11.8 (11.8 – 11.9)
7.9 (7.8 – 8.0)
6.4 (6.3 – 6.4)
Average Number of Hospitalizations




     Crude
0.57 (0.54 – 0.61)
0.41 (0.40 – 0.42)
0.16 (0.15 – 0.17)
0.12 (0.11 – 0.12)
     Age-Standardized
0.59 (0.56 – 0.63)
0.31 (0.30 – 0.32)
0.24 (0.22 – 0.26)
0.12 (0.11 – 0.12)
Average Number of Day Surgeries




     Crude
0.14 (0.12 – 0.15)
0.22 (0.22 – 0.23)
0.05 (0.05 – 0.06)
0.10 (0.10 - 0.10)
     Age-Standardized
0.11 (0.10 – 0.12)
0.15 (0.15 – 0.16)
0.08 (0.07 – 0.08)
0.10 (0.10 - 0.10)
Average Days of Hemodialysis




     Crude
3.73 (2.80 – 4.65)
1.16 (0.98 – 1.34)
0.19 (0.05 – 0.34)
0.09 (0.06 – 0.12)
     Age-Standardized
2.60 (2.56 – 2.64)
1.04 (1.02 – 1.05)
0.30 (0.28 – 0.31)
0.09 (0.09 - 0.09)
Average Days of Peritoneal Dialysis




     Crude
0.60 (0.24 – 0.95)
0.29 (0.20 – 0.38)
0.10 (0.0 – 0.20)
0.04 (0.02 – 0.06)
     Age-Standardized
0.36 (0.35 – 0.37)
0.39 (0.38 – 0.40)
0.16 (0.15 – 0.17)
0.04 (0.04 - 0.04)
Total Per Capita Costs ($)




     Crude
3,622 (3,336 – 3,908)
3,253 (3,164 – 3,343)
875 (801 – 949)
878 (856 – 901)
     Age-Standardized
3,204 (3,201 – 3,206)
2,257 (2,256 – 2,258)
1,395 (1,394 – 1,397)
875 (875 - 875)

Pohar and Johnson BMC Health Services Research 2007 7:126   doi:10.1186/1472-6963-7-126